Volume 2 Chapter 8 (1/2)

Chapter 2 Episode 8

(Compulsory Quest 3)

Day 90 after being summoned to another world: (Compulsory request 3)

Mikhail Banashu was being put in the place while being restricted by a rope.<tln: his=”” name=”” is=”” ”ミハイル・バナーシュ”=””>

There's a red-haired woman, an elderly man who lost his left hand, and a big man in mid 20 with two girls behind him as if being his shadow.

Mikhail's heart beat rise high.

After all, the girl who supposedly becomes the target of the a.s.sa.s.sination is right in front of him.

Three hours have pa.s.sed since the time he was struck by the trap set by Ryouma and the others.

Among all of the a.s.sailant who got struck by stone pillars magic art, only a few of them come out alive including Mikhail.

They were only being given a minimum care to stop their bleeding, and afterward, they get thrown into the carriage while being restricted by ropes.

And then the carriage move toward somewhere, and one at a time the a.s.sailant were taken out.

And finally, it was the turn for Mikhail who was the leader of the previous surprise attack.

”You're the one who commands the surprise attack this time, are you not Banashu-san?”

Mikhail could only nod to answer the question from the man with a large build.

The tone of voice of the man is not coercive; instead, it was polite and calm.

However, such calm and polite way of talking is rather felt ominous in the eyes of Mikhail as the man from the side who attacked them.

It is still better to get interrogated by someone who turns their faces red and raising their anger.

”I've roughly heard the circ.u.mstance from your subordinates. Well, I guess you guys are people who are a bit disagree toward each other. ”

Mikhail just kept silent while feeling somewhat uncomfortable with the man's words.

Among the chivalric code, there's a mention about how to deal with captured enemies.

After all, not giving information to the enemy is the iron rule of war.

”Ah... You don't have to be that cautious. Because the chance you're going to accompany us is low. ”

For Mikhail, the words of the man sound like a whisper of the devil.

”You're not going to kill us?”

”That is because, for the moment, I don't see it as necessary. ”

The man declared as such and shrugged his shoulders.

That means, if it were deemed to be necessary they would do it.

”But for this matter it was mutual is it not?”

Mikhail was unable to find room for argument.

Mikhail himself never likes murder. No, if he had to say then killing someone or something like that, he doesn't want such thing.

However, as commanding officer of Rozeria Kingdom royal guard, for the country sake, for the princes' sake. If it was deemed necessary, then he was willing to dye his hand with blood.

Such an a.s.sa.s.sination attempt was something that his knight pride cannot accept. However, he was being convinced that there's no other way to stops the n.o.ble ambition other than to do this.

And the man seems like he was able to read Mikhail's heart.

”Well. I don't know what do you think but, from the start, you've never regard us as your enemy. ”

Bewildered expression appears on Mikhail's face after the man said such words.

”What's going on? aren't you the people from the n.o.ble faction?”

'That's it. That is the problem. Well, for now, we will try to confirm something, Mikhail-san. You will also get your answer for your own question after that. ”

After saying that, the man walked around toward Mikhail's back, and placed his finger on his neck.

”... What are you going to do?”

”Oh, this is something like a good luck charm. Please don't hesitate to answer the question comfortably. ”

Without waiting for a reply from Mikhail, the man winked at the blond girl.

When the girl saw the sign, she nodded and stepped forward in front of Mikhail.

”Then I will ask you a couple of question. Is it true that you're Rozeria Kingdom royal guard?””

”......................”

”Is the reason you've attacked the merchants' group have anything to do with the conflict that happens at the Rozeria Kingdom for the throne inheritance?”

”...........................”

”Did you plan this surprise attack to protect the princess?”

”.....................”

”You belong to the Knight faction, and up against the n.o.ble group?”

”........................”

”Rozeria Kingdom King died suddenly, and the first princess should've succeeded him as the successor, however, the n.o.ble group had stopped her from doing that, am I right?”

”............................”

”As for the n.o.ble, they support another princess, an illegitimate child, as the will of the previous king, is that not it?”

”..............................”

Mikhail desperately tried to ignore the question that comes out from the girl's mouth.

Not even once, from Mikhail's mouth, words of affirmation or denial comes out.

”This is... what are we going to do?”

The girl asks the man.

”It seems like he's the type of a person that will be hard to get an answer from. Well, it was no wonder huh... ”

However, looking at the man face, he does not seems to think of it as some serious problem.

”Laura... Come forward... ”

A silver-haired girl, after being asked by the man, stands in front of Mikhail.

And then the blond girl asked the last question toward Mikhail.

Hearing the question, Mikhail heartbeat raises high.

”Last question... Is she the one that you tried to kill?”

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When listening to Sara's question, Ryouma's fingertip can feel Mikhail heartbeat has risen up.

”It was right huh. ”

Ryouma shows a distorted expression.

And most people in that place shows the same expression.

The truth is something that does not necessarily have to be conveyed through one's mouth.

Someone who obstinately keeping things quiet like Mikhail sometimes shows truth more than the one with the eloquent mouth.

Because he was trying to hide his facial expression desperately, people around can read Mikhail's heart easily.

Even without Ryouma's affirmation, Lione and the other can already grasp what's inside Mikhail's heart.

”I see.now... d.a.m.n Wallace, that b.a.s.t.a.r.d... we've been deceived huh... ”

Words of resentment come out from Lione's mouth.

Thanks to Ryouma, there's no victim from her mercenaries group; however, there's indeed those who get injured quite bad.

They get the injuries from the rain of arrows surprise attack which Mikhail leads.

That is the damage they receive even after knowing Ryouma's prediction, had Ryouma did not tell them about it, had Lione did not take Ryouma's prediction seriously, the victim might be considerably higher than this, in fact, their group might as well cease to exist.

There's also the thing about this quest comes from the guild.

Hearing how Ryouma's group receives the quest, it was obvious that the guild master was involved with this.

Naturally, because of this, the trust they had in the guild so far has been lost, and hatred began to arouse.

”Well, with this, it was clear that Wallace had deceived us. ”

Toward Ryouma's words, all the people in that place except for Mikhail nodded their head.

”Now then... the problem is the future. What are we going to do...”

”How about reporting this to the other guild?”

Bolts suggested that after hearing what Ryouma had said.

”No, I think that would be bad. We're sure that we've been deceived by Wallace, but, we have no proof. If you carelessly appeal to the other guild master without any evidence, we might lose everything instead. ”

Toward Lione who refute Bolts suggestion, Ryouma nodded his head.

Bolts himself personally did not think that optimistic,  he did not show any fixation toward his own suggestion.

”Well, I've thought of a way. However... it would be quite a hard thing to do, see?”

”You b.a.s.t.a.r.d, what are you guys blabbering about!?”

Listening Ryouma and the others talking, Mikhail was left in confusion.

All should have been settled if he can kill the girl with silver hair that stands in front of him.

At least, all the knight who partic.i.p.ates in this raid knows about this.

It was about three months ago, after the demise of the previous king, that a report was brought to the first princess who's in the middle of hastening the succession to the throne.

It can be said that this was an event which causes surprise for all Knight faction.

Another daughter who inherited the blood of the previous king suddenly appear in the neighboring nation, the Mist Kingdom.

An illegitimate child is by no means rare.

More so for the ruling cla.s.s, their blood is necessary.

Furthermore, these blood can be the legitimacy of a ruler.

For that reason, they make a lot of children so that the clan's blood did not go extinct.

Aside from the wife, there's also the mistress.

There's also times when they do it(s.e.xual intercourse) with a commoner's daughter as a form of play.

And as a result of that, an illegitimate child was born.

In itself, there's no problem.

The problem is having them announce their candidacy for the throne at the moment when a vacuum of power happen due to the king pa.s.sed away.

When the report was brought to the kingdom's royal capital, everyone does not believes such stupid story.

However, the rumor that they had thought will disappear in an instant, crawled around the kingdom in an instant.

And gradually the rumor becomes true.